Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed, 9781421451831
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Navigate higher ed’s turbulent times: Lead change, not be swept away.
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Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed

mergers, closures, and other major institutional restructuring

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    408 pages

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    27 October 2025

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Summary

Navigating the Crossroads: A Leader’s Guide to Higher Ed Transformation

A guide on how to strategically lead institutions of higher education through mergers and other major institutional restructurings.

Higher education is at a crossroads. With demographic shifts, financial constraints, shrinking enrollments, and the demand for institutional innovation, universities and colleges are grappling with monumental challenges. In Leading Existential Change in …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421451831
ISBN-10:1421451832
Author:Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, Richard Katzman
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:408
Release Date:27 October 2025
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 22mm
About The Author

Ricardo Azziz

Ricardo Azziz is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a research professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York; the director of the Center for Higher Education Mergers & Acquisitions (CHEMA) at the Foundation for Research and Education Excellence; and principal at SPH Consulting Group. He led the merger that created Georgia Regents (now Augusta) University, serving as its founding president.

Lloyd A. Jacobs is President Emeritus of the University of Toledo, where he led the merger of UT with the Medical College of Ohio.

Bonita C. Jacobs led the merger of Gainesville State College with North Georgia College and State University to form the University of North Georgia, where she served as the founding president.

Richard Katzman is a fellow at CHEMA and a senior consultant at SPH Consulting Group.

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